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Crime Science Series

Series Editor: Richard Wortley

Crime science is a new way of thinking about and responding to the problem of crime in society. First, crime science is about crime. Instead of the usual focus in criminology on the characteristics of the criminal offender, crime science is concerned with the characteristics of the criminal event. Second, crime science is about science, advocating an evidence-based, problem-solving approach to crime control. Crime scientists actively engage with front-line criminal justice practitioners to reduce crime by making it more difficult for individuals to offend, and making it more likely that they will be detected if they do offend

The Crime Science series is utilitarian in its orientation and multidisciplinary in its foundations, drawing on disciplines from both the social and physical sciences, including criminology, sociology, psychology, geography, economics, architecture, industrial design, epidemiology, computer science, mathematics, engineering, and biology.

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1-10 of 11 results in Crime Science Series

  1. Raising the Bar

    By Kathryn Graham, Ross Homel

    Series: Crime Science Series

    This book provides a definitive review of knowledge about bar room environments and their regulation, and provides directions for the prevention of aggression, violence and injury in and around public drinking establishments. It shows why drinking establishments are high risk for aggression, why...

    Published July 4th 2012 by Willan

  2. Crime Reduction and Problem-oriented Policing

    Edited by Karen Bullock, Nick Tilley

    Series: Crime Science Series

    Problem-oriented policing has been one of the most significant new approaches to policing and crime reduction in recent years, and in the UK significant funding was provided to a variety of projects adopting a problem solving methodology in both policing and crime prevention and reduction...

    Published May 16th 2012 by Routledge

  3. Superhighway Robbery

    By Graeme R. Newman, Ronald Clarke

    Series: Crime Science Series

    This book, written by two leading authorities in the field, provides a systematic application of concepts of situational crime prevention to internet and e-commerce crime, exploring ways in which concepts of crime prevention developed in other contexts can be fruitfully applied in this new...

    Published May 16th 2012 by Routledge

  4. Problem-oriented Policing and Partnerships

    By Karen Bullock, Rosie Erol, Nick Tilley

    Series: Crime Science Series

    This book makes an important contribution to the literature on problem-oriented policing, aiming to distill the British experience of problem-oriented policing. Drawing upon over 500 entries to the Tilley Award since its inception in 1999, the book examines what can be achieved by problem-oriented...

    Published March 19th 2012 by Routledge

  5. Situational Prevention of Organised Crimes

    Edited by Ronald Clarke, Karen Bullock, Nick Tilley

    Series: Crime Science Series

    Situational crime prevention is the art and science of reducing opportunities for crime. Despite accumulating evidence of its value in reducing many different kinds of crime - such as burglary, fraud, robbery, car theft, child sexual abuse and even terrorism - little has previously been published...

    Published March 19th 2012 by Routledge

  6. Patterns, Prevention, and Geometry of Crime

    Edited by Martin Andresen, J. Bryan Kinney

    Series: Crime Science Series

    P&P Brantingham’s enormous contribution to criminology has paved the way for major theoretical and empirical developments in the understanding of crime and its respective patterns, prevention, and geometry. In this unique collection of original essays, Andresen and Kinney bring together leading...

    Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge

  7. The Reasoning Criminologist

    Essays in Honour of Ronald V. Clarke

    Edited by Nick Tilley, Graham Farrell

    Series: Crime Science Series

    This book is a tribute to the work of criminologist Professor Ronald V. Clarke, in view of his enormous and enduring contribution to criminology and crime science. Clarke is best known for his development of the theory and application of situational crime prevention, although he also played a major...

    Published November 10th 2011 by Routledge

  8. Psychological Criminology

    An Integrative Approach

    By Richard Wortley

    Series: Crime Science Series

    Psychological criminology addresses the question: what is it about individuals and their experiences that cause them to commit crime and/or to become criminal? This book provides a comprehensive coverage of psychological theories of crime and criminality, exploring theories focusing on factors...

    Published April 12th 2011 by Willan

  9. Environmental Criminology and Crime Analysis

    Edited by Richard Wortley, Lorraine Mazerolle

    Series: Crime Science Series

    Environmental criminology is a generic label that covers a range of overlapping perspectives. At the core, the various strands of environmental criminology are bound by a common focus on the role that the immediate environment plays in the performance of crime, and a conviction that careful...

    Published May 31st 2008 by Willan

  10. Preventing Child Sexual Abuse

    Evidence, Policy and Practice

    By Stephen Smallbone, William L. Marshall, Richard Wortley

    Series: Crime Science Series

    Public policy responses to child sexual abuse are dominated by interventions designed to take effect only after offenders have already begun offending, and after children have already been sexually abused. Comparatively little attention has been given to alternative prevention strategies –...

    Published March 31st 2008 by Willan

Forthcoming Books

  1. Evolution and Crime
    By Jason Roach, Ken Pease
    To Be Published April 10th 2013
  2. Patterns, Prevention, and Geometry of Crime
    Edited by Martin Andresen, J. Bryan Kinney
    To Be Published May 11th 2013
  3. Cognition and Crime: Offender Decision-Making and Script Analyses
    Edited by Benoit Leclerc, Richard Wortley
    To Be Published August 12th 2013
  4. Affect and Cognition in Criminal Decision Making: Between Rational Choices and Lapses of Self-Control
    Edited by Jean-Louis van Gelder, Henk Elffers, Daniel Nagin, Danielle Reynald
    To Be Published October 29th 2013
  5. Situational Crime Prevention of Poaching: An International Perspective
    Edited by Andrew Lemieux
    To Be Published December 14th 2013

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